Maritime Traffic in Bab el-Mandeb Strait

Ship traffic in the Bab al-Mandab confirms that international navigation

continues its activity smoothly and regularly,

and that developments on the western coast and the repelling of troop buildups

belonging to the Saudi enemy have not affected the security of the shipping lane

or international trade traffic, as Yemen's enemies

claim.

A source at the Ministry of Transport told Al Masirah that 73 ships

crossed Bab al-Mandab on the tenth and eleventh

of September, with 36 ships on

the first day and 37 ships on the second day,

figures that reflect regular transit traffic and the continued activity

of international trade and shipping without any notable decline.

According to the source, details of the traffic show that 35

ships crossed inbound, and 38

ships crossed outbound. By type,

the data recorded 18 liquid cargo vessels,

14 container ships,

nine general cargo ships, six roll-on/roll-off ships,

12 oil tankers, and six petroleum-products vessels

Oil tankers and five petroleum product vessels, alongside

a livestock carrier and two ships from other categories,

a diversity reflecting the continued movement of

various shipping sectors through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Compared with the week before the Yemeni ban on

Saudi shipping, when the average transit was about

fifty-one vessels per day, traffic over

the past two days has registered about thirty-seven vessels per day,

a decrease of approximately fourteen vessels per day

or 27 percent. International shipping data show

that the largest share of this decline was concentrated in

the tanker sector, as the average transit of major tankers

fell from about thirteen tankers per day

to around eight tankers after the ban, while

container ships, cargo vessels, and other international

shipping sectors maintained more stable levels,

confirming that the decline was mainly linked

to oil shipping and shipping connected to Saudi ports,

not to international shipping traffic through Bab

el-Mandeb.